14 June 2022

South Africa’s Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH), the Remgro and New GX-controlled parent company of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) and Vumatel, said its two fibre network assets will be managed under a new infrastructure company.

In a statement, the company says this decision is a strategic step to meet ongoing customer and business requirements and increase open-access offerings across the networks.

The move comes as competition in the South African fibre market continues to heat up in what has now been termed the “fibre land grab”.

14 June 2022

Cell phone operators in Lesotho will have to start registering their subscribers’ SIM cards from June 24, in a process that will take place over a period of twelve months.

Vodacom Lesotho and Econet Lesotho, the country’s two main telecommunications companies, said they were ready to begin the operation on the scheduled date. “We have contributed to what has now been enacted as law and we would like to inform our customers that we are ready to start registration on the date indicated,” said Mohale Ralebitso, managing director, Vodacom Lesotho. “We will start with the piloting process of ensuring that the processes and devices we have purchased are effective to start rolling out registration across the country.”